Ben Black

Ben Black (died 2007) was a Rizzuto crime family associate. In 2007, he publicly insulted Nicolo Rizzuto Jr. as "Junior" while telling him that he would not go along with one of his business deals. A furious Rizzuto had his hitmen Hugo Marcella and Jimmy Verona douse the interior of Black's car with gasoline, and, when Black and his friend Milo Hendry returned from drinking that night and entered the car, the hitmen threw lighters into the car and held the doors shut as the men burned to death.